Originally from the Central Desert, Jack Ross Jakamarra is one of the most representative painters of the Yuendumu 'school', a 'settlement centre' created in 1955 north-west of Alice Springs to bring together Aborigines whose land had been confiscated by white companies. In this work, he evokes an episode from the Dream of Pamapardu - literally, the "flying ant", in fact the termite.

Alongside spirits, the Mingari Men and various other representatives of Australia's flora and fauna, this insect is one of the Great Ancestors of the Aboriginal people.

At the mythical time of the continent's creation, these Great Ancestors emerged from the original magma to shape Australia, create tribes and establish laws, customs... and religious ceremonies to celebrate the memory of their actions, which they bequeathed to mankind in the form of dreams. Hence the name Dreamtime given to this period of original creation.